Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1900
Heredity: Open Pollinated
History: Introduced in the US by James J. H. Gregory in 1908.
Country of Origin: UK
Hybridizer or Originator: Sutton & Sons of Reading, England
Days to harvest: 64

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: semi-bush, 30 inches
Flower Color: White
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self
Parentage: Stabilized cross between: Chelsea Gem X Sutton's A-1

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Little Marvel'.

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Common names
  • English Pea
  • Garden Pea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lathyrus oleraceus
  • Synonym: Pisum sativum

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2023-05-12

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
  • Uploaded by vic

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Oct 30, 2012 12:14 PM concerning plant:
    While Little Marvel is the dwarf pea of my youth, I have never found it very dependable. In my teens, my folks switched to Burpee's Blue Bantam, which was quite superior. Later Blue Bantam was replaced with Early Bird or Laxton's Progress # 9 which were vastly superior to Little Marvel. Blue Bantam was very good but disappeared from the market.
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